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THE TORNADOES
The Tornadoes, famous for their first single Bustin' Surf Boards (6/62), and like titled LP (9/63) change their name to the Hollywood Tornadoes for their second and third singles due to the Tornadoes' of England single Telstar (9,8/62) going to #1 for three weeks.
The Tornadoes lineup consisted of: Two brothers Gerald and Norman Sanders, cousin Jesse Sanders and high school friend Leonard Delaney. A San Bernardino, California group starting out as the Vaqueros. After adding sax man George White they changed their name to the Tornadoes. Their first single and only national chart entry Bustin' Surfboards (6/62), made the playlists in cities far from surfing activity, signaled the beginnings of the surf music craze. An off brand echo unit and ample use of the guitar vibrato bar along with a solid surfer's stomp drum beat and crashing wave sound effects throughout produce the protosurf sound. The crashing waves sound track was taken from a radio stations daily surf report. They later used the Fender reverb unit upon its development. Their name changed to the Hollywood Tornadoes for their next two singles after which they released the album "Bustin' Surfboards"(9/63) which today remains one of the best representative work of the genera. Their fourth single, Shootin' Beavers(12/63), was banned from radio play because of the so-called suggestive title. Phantom Surfer was released as the a-side for their fourth(12/63) and fith(3/64) singles.
Beyond The Surf: Best Of The Tornadoes
Includes 10 of the 12 tracks on the Bustin' Surfboards LP along with all 5 of their singles and their b-sides.
1. Bustin' Surfboards (Aertaun 100 a(6/62) LP (Josie 4005 (9/63)
2. Beyond The Surf (Aertaun 100 b(6/62)
3. Moon Dawg (Aertaun 102 a(2/63)
4. Shootin' Beavers (Aertaun 103 b(12/63)
5. Bumble Bee Stomp Bustin' Surfboards LP (Josie 4005 (9/63)
6. The Swag (previously unreleased)
7. The Gremmie (Aertaun 101 a(12/62)
8. The Inebriated Surfer (Aertaun 102 b(2/63)
9. Malaguena Bustin' Surfboards LP
10. Phantom Surfer (Aertaun 103 a(12/63 and 3/64)
11. Who Was That!?!? (Previously unreleased)
12. Vaquero Bustin' Surfboards LP
13.The Tornado Bustin' Surfboards LP
14. Johnny B. Goode Bustin' Surfboards LP
15. Charge Of The Tornadoes
16. The Gremmie Pt. 2 (Aertaun 101 b(12/62)
17. Raw-Hide (previously unreleased)
18. Lightni' (Aertaun 103 b(3/64)
19. The Tornadoes Talk! (25 minutes of reminiscing with all 5 original band members)
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